Can a federal habeas court review an evidentiary ruling by a state court that invalidates the evidence of a criminal case?
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The following excerpt is from Spivey v. Rocha, 194 F.3d 971 (9th Cir. 1999):
A federal habeas court cannot review questions of state evidence law. See Henry v. Kernan, 177 F.3d 1152, 1159 (9th Cir. 1999). It is well settled that a state court's evidentiary ruling, even if erroneous, is grounds for federal habeas relief only if it renders the state proceedings
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